Category Archives: General

Theatre Palisades Hosts TP Awards Ceremony

It is perhaps one of happiest and loveliest award ceremonies in Los Angeles, and Theatre Palisades once again it did not disappoint with its 2024 TP Award Show on August 11. The evening started with a delicious catered dinner that … Continue reading

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What is It? #35

This is an Early American side chair most likely made in Salem, Massachusetts, between 1700 and 1800. The Boston area, which included Boston, Salem and Ipswich was a major center of furniture making because of the locations of forests, mills … Continue reading

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Revere Middle School Hosts “Welcome Back Week”

Students attending Revere Middle School start the process with “Welcome Back Week” August 6 through August 9. School starts on August 12. Principal Shuntell Anthony wrote in a newsletter that “The Revere faculty and staff are busy getting ready for … Continue reading

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WHAT IS IT #33?

This is a copper washer boiler made in Rochester, New York in the 1800’s. These pots were used for doing the family’s laundry. The boiler pot was placed on the stove, filled with water to the horizontal line. The water … Continue reading

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Pot Shots #21

What are Pot-Shots? Ashleigh Brilliant writes: WHAT EXACTLY IS A “POT-SHOT” OR “BRILLIANT THOUGHT?” Pot-Shots are epigrams, composed according to the following very strict rules. The length must never exceed 17 English words. Note that this is a maximum. Some … Continue reading

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“Again Again” Coming to the Library

Again Again is coming to the Pacific Palisades Library Community Room, 861 Alma Real at 4 p.m., Thursday, August 1. This free show is open to kids “of all ages.” Singer-songwriters, musicians and parents Anne Montone and Jennifer Cook will … Continue reading

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Venice’s Andi Murez Carries Flag at Paris Olympics

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission. If anyone had a daughter on the Palisades High School swim team between 2006 and 2009, there was one Venice swimmer that everyone talked about,  … Continue reading

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Scenes in Pacific Palisades

NASTY INCIDENT AT EXERCISE CLASS: A woman took an a.m. exercise class in Jerry Blank’s studio on July 19. The teacher and two other students started bemoaning that because of Trump “democracy was ending.”  One of the women exercising asked, … Continue reading

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Fighting Fentanyl Through Prop. 36

When Proposition 47 passed in 2014 in California, possession of any drug, including heroin and opiates, became a misdemeanor. Then, fentanyl was basically unknown unknown on the streets. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection made its first bust of 22 … Continue reading

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Auxiliary Parade Prizes Awarded to Veterans Gardens and Resilient Palisades

In addition to having fun building and entering a float in the annual Palisades Fourth of July Parade, there was a chance to win one of two $500 prizes that are awarded annually by American Legion Post 283 Auxiliary. This … Continue reading

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